Storage battery



A. H. SNYDER.

STORAGE BATTERY. APPLICATION man JuLYIs. 1920.

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ALMOND H. SNYIDER, OF LANCASTER, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOB. TG GrOULD STORAGE BATTERY COMPANY, .Ay CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

STORAGE BATTERY.

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Be it known lthat l, Annone ll. Sxronn', a citizen of the United States, residing at 32 Lombardy street, Lancaster', county of `Erie, and State of New York, (Whose post# zie ofiice address is 32 Lombardy street, Laucaster, N. Y.,) `|have invented certainlnew and useful Improvements in. Storagelatteries, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to storage batteries and particularly to means for supporting free ends of the plates and also means for supporting separators in place.

My invention will be better understood by reference to the following specification in connection with the accompanying drawings forming a part thereof in which- Figure 1 shows a sectional elevation of a battery and Fig. 2 shows in perspective some of the parts assembled but separated in order to more clearly show the relation of the parts.

lThe battery comprises the usual jar or container 1, and a cover 2, which is coniposed of a lead antimony compound and stamped in the form desired. Passing through openings in the cover 2 are terminals 3 and 1, one for the negative plates and one for the positive plates. The connection' of thev terminals with the cover is the same in both cases and, therefore, a description of one will be suilicient. The terminals are screw-threaded at 5I and have an enlarged portion 6 which engages a member 7 fastened in an opening in the cover 2. Placed upon themember 7 is a gasket 8 and connecting with the screw-threads 5 is a. hard rubber or other similar nut 9. When the nut 9 is screwed into place the enlarged portion 6 isv drawn up tightly against the member 'Z and the terminal 1s seeurel connected to the cover 2. Like- Wise, t e terminal 4 is connected with the cover 2; Placed at some suitable point is a ventilator and filling cap 10. Connected with the terminal. 3 by means of the bus bar 11 are plates 12 and similarly connected to the terminal 4; by means of the bus bar 13 are plates 14. Each of the plates 12 which are connected at one end to the terminal 11 has a free end with a projection 15 thereon extending upwardly and laterally in one direction and having a horiz/.on-

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the plates llis connected to the bus bar 13 and hasn free end with a projection 16 extending uj'nvardly and laterally in one direction \\'ith`a horizontal supporting surfl'o.

A? supporting member 17 of insulating material is placed under the horizontal supporting surface of the extensions 15 and 16 of the plates, and the side-1S forms a cover extending over the upward projections and acts to shield the same and prevent shortcircuits.

The outside negative plates of the cell have projections 2O extending upwardly from the center` thereof, the projections being provided with a groove portion which receives a rod 21. The rod 21 passes through the separators 22 and supports the same in position as shown. A

lr rom the foregoing it will be noted that the entire interior structure of the battery is supported from the cover of the jar by the means described, thus eliminating the necessityof providing special supports inside the jar with the consequent expense and trouble involved by such donstruction.

Having described my invention, what l now claim as new and desire 'to secure by Letters Patent is 1. In a storage battery the combination of a jar containing positive and negative plates, each having a terminal and a yfree end, the terminllsand free ends of the positive and negative plates being grouped and connected together respectively at opposite sides of the jar, a projection on th'e free e'ud of each plate extending upwardly and' laterally in one direction only, and having a horizontal supporting surface and a support having a portion engaging said horizontal surface and resting on the plates of opposite polarity and having also a portion extending entirely over the top of said projections.

2. A support for the free end of the plates 'ile of a storage battery of the usual type in which the plates of like polarity are connected. to a. common terminal at opp'site sides of the cell comprising; an insulating member of general U shape having one side longer than the other and arrangedto be held in place transversely of the plates and to rest on the ter'ihinal end of `one group of plates to support the free" end .of the plates of the other group by supporting 10 In testimony whereof I have signed my 15 name to this specification.

ALMOND n. SNYDERJ 

